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Master class on improvisation will be given to Belarusian student theatrical groups by the guests from Switzerland on February 18-23, BelTA was told in the Belarusian State University (BSU). Regula Eichenberger, a theatrical instructor and the head of her own improvisational theater, together with her assistants Simon Gauchi and Marco Zumsteg will come to Minsk. They will introduce the students to the main principles of improvisation. The classes will include different exercises on body and voice relaxation, the study on the non-typical positioning and creation of complicated etudes on the basis the world famous techniques of the improvisational system "Theatresports” developed by Keith Johnstone, an internationally recognized improvisational authority. The master class will result in a performance-competition, in which the participants of the project will demonstrate what they have learnt during their master classes. The classes will take place in the assembly hall of the Philological Department of the Belarusian State University. According to the representatives of the university the master classes are part of the project of the international festival “Teatralny Kufar (Theatrical Chest), that is annually held by the BSU. By the way, the Regula Eichenberger’s “Shining Hearts” theater took part in the very first such festival.